lesson9thebluesteye

TheBluestEye(Excerpts)byToniMorrisonGuidetoReadingWhenwediscusscontemporaryAmericanliterature,itisimpossiblenottomentionthenameandworksofToniMorrison.ANobelPrizewinnerforliterature,shehaswrittenuptonowsevennovels,makingsignificantcontributionstothedepictionofAfricanAmericanexperience.UnlikesomeAfricanAmericanwriterswhoexposewhiteracismagainsttheblacksinadirectway,Morrison’sexplorationtendstobeintroverted1,focusingontherelationshipswithintheblackcommunity.Hernovelsoftenrevealhowthedominantwhiteculturehasdeprivedtheblackpeopleoftheirownculturalvaluesandthedestructiveimpactthisculturalmutilation2hasbroughtaboutamongtheblackpeople.AlthoughmostofhernovelsareapparentlysetinherhometowninOhio,theynotonlydepicttheblackexperienceinthatregion,buttellaboutsharedhumanconditionswithuniversalthemesoflove,death,1个性内向的：人的特征为兴趣或是盘据脑海的只有自己或是自己的想法；害羞或是排斥;含蓄的;内倾的；不爱交际的;introvertvt.使(思想)内向;使内省extroverted外倾的：对其他的人或环境如与自身相反的或之外的事物感兴趣的；喜群居的或外出的：2毁损；残缺；切断;mutilate毁伤；使残废Herarmwasmutilatedintheaccident.她的胳膊在车祸中受了重伤。Thepilotwasmutilatedintheplanecrashandnowhasonlyoneleg.飞行员在飞机失事事故中残废了,现在只剩下了一条腿。破坏；把…删改得支离破碎You'vemutilatedthestorybymakingsuchbigchanges.你作了这么大的改变，把故事弄得支离破碎了。betrayal,andtheindividual’sresponsibilityforhisorherownfate.Morrison’sfirstnovelTheBluestEye,fromwhichthefollowingtextistaken,tellstheheartbreakingstoryofPecolaBreedlove,avulnerableblackgirl,livinginLorain,Ohio,intheearly1940s.Inasocietywhereblueeyesandwhitenessareequatedwithbeauty,andtherefore,goodness3andhappinesswhileblacknessisperceived4ugliness,Pecola’sgreatestdesireistohaveblueeyes.Eachnight,withoutfail5,shepraysforprettyblueeyes.Shebelievesthathavingblueeyesisthekeytowipingoutalltheunbearablemiseriesforherfamily—theirhopelesspoverty,theconstantfightingbetweentheparents,thecontemptofotherchildren,etc.Sheimaginesthatwithblueeyes,shewillbecomeabeautifulgirllovedbyeveryone.Inherwild6imaginationPecolafeelsthatthecolorofhereyeshasbeenfinallytransformed.Ironically,insteadoflove,whatshegetsintheendistheviolenceofherfather’srape.Ratherthanhappiness,shesinksdeeperintotheabyssofmisery.Herdreamoffindingshelterinherfantasyofwhitenessmercilesslydestroyed,thegirlisthrowninto7madness.Followingisoneofthemostvividscenesinthenovel.Inthisparttheauthordescribesaparticulartypeofblacks—brown-skinnedpeople.Theyhold3Goodnessisthequalityofbeingkind,helpful,andhonest.善良4察觉；理解；发觉;把…看作；认为5一定，必定Iwillgiveyouapresentonyourbirthdaywithoutfail.你生日时我一定送你一份礼物。6疯狂的；胡乱的;非常激动的;狂妄的；不切实际的；异想天开的；不合常理的7使…（突然）陷入某一状态themselveshighabovetheotherblacks.Thesesugar-brownormilk-browngirlsarefrombetterfamilies,“gotoland-grantcolleges8,learnhowtodothewhiteman’sworkwithrefinement9,”marrysuccessfully,livingintheirowninviolableworldsinquiet,blackneighborhoods.Withacertainproportionofwhitebloodinthem,theyfeelsuperiortootherblackpeople.Likethewhites,theydetestblackness10,andproject11theirhatredandcontemptforitontoNegroeswithdarkerskins.Theyblindlybelieveinthemainstreamwhiteculturalvaluesandimitatethewhitemiddleclassineverypossibleway.Theyareunabletoestablishhealthyrelationshipswiththeirownpeople.Geraldineissuchawoman,andhersonJuniorisonthewayofbecomingonelikeher.Incapableofhumanlove,Geraldinefindscomfortinhercat.Sowhenhercatiskilled(byherson),shepoursallherangerontoPecolaandcruellydrivesthepoorgirlfromherhome.Onceagain,Pecolaismadeavictim.Yet,Geraldine,whohasvictimized12thishelplessblackgirl,isalsoavictimherself—avictimofracialprejudicethathaspenetratedinto13themindsofblackpeoplelikeherand8接受政府赠地的学院(或大学);landgrant政府赠予地：政府准予把公共用地用来建铁路、公路或州立大学9(感情、趣味、举止、言谈等的)优雅，高尚，文雅10黑人的特征(或特性、气质)11把(自己的感情、思想等)投射给他人Don'tprojectyourguiltfeelingsontome!别把你自己内疚的感情往我身上搬。12使作牺牲；使受害，使受苦1313进入；(思想、感情等)深入于Thesenewideasarepenetratingintothemindsoftheyoungergeneration.这些新思想正在渗透到年轻一代人的头脑里。warped14theirtrueidentity.Thissceneisvividanddisturbing15.Afterreadingthestorythereaderfindsithardtoforgetthecharactersandtheirfate.Realistic16details,metaphoricallanguageandthefreshestandmoststriking17proseallcontributetoMorrison’seffectiveexplorationofcomplexthemesthroughtellingsimplestories.Text1.TheycomefromMobile18.Aiken19.FromNewportNews20.14使(性格等)不正常；使乖戾；使有偏见Yearsoflivingalonemaywarpone'spersonality.长期的孤身生活会使人的性格变得乖戾。15Somethingthatisdisturbingmakesyoufeelworriedorupset令人不安的，使内心不平静的16Yousaythatapainting,story,ormovieisrealisticwhenthepeopleandthingsinitarelikepeopleandthingsinreallife.逼真的17Somethingthatisstrikingisverynoticeableorunusual.显著的;不同寻常的;突出的,鲜明的,引人注目的;给人深刻印象的18墨比尔：亚拉巴马州西南的一座城市，在长约61公里(38英里）的墨比尔河口处，位于墨西哥湾的一个海湾墨尔比湾的北海岸。约设立于1710年，该市在1813年为美国军队夺取前曾被法、英和西班牙拥有。在墨比尔湾战役(1864年8月）中，海军上将大卫·法拉革特击溃了一支邦联军舰队主力并确保联邦对该地区的控制。人口196,27819在南卡罗莱纳西部20纽波特纽斯：美国弗吉尼亚东南的独立城市，位于詹姆斯河口的汉普顿海峡外侧，诺福克西北偏北。1620年有人定居。19世纪80年代由于造船工业的兴起而羸得了经济上的重要地位。人口170,045FromMarietta21.FromMeridian.Andthesoundsoftheseplacesintheirmouthsmakeyouthinkoflove.Whenyouaskthemwheretheyarefrom,theytilttheirheadsandsayMobileandyouthinkyou'vebeenkissed.TheysayAikenandyouseeawhitebutterflyglanceoff22afencewithatornwing.TheysayNagadochesandyouwanttosayYes,Iwill.Youdon'tknowwhatthesetownsarelike,butyoulovewhath